Sydney, Apr. 20.
Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith fs. taking the famous aeroplane Southern Cross to Kupang, in the Ysland of Timor, where the air-liner City of Cairo crashed yesterday. The Southern Cross will pick up the mail which was being corried to Australia by the air liner, The City of Cairo was inaugurate ing the first official air mail between England and Australia at the time of the mishap, having left Croydon on April 4 for Port Darwin with a big mail for this coun: try. When within sight of her goal she met with misfortune, crashing Kupang. Fortunately, - nobody] was hurt and all the mails were Port Darwin, Apr. 24.
Aix. Commodore 'Kingsford. Smith took off to-day for Koepang, in the Island of Timor, to pick up mails carried by' the air Cairo, which crashed th days ago while in the cour: augurating the first official between England and Australi Nobody was hurt in the crash, were the mails damaged—Reuter.
Sydney, Apr. 2
Radio messages state Air Com-adore Kingsford Smith hi at Koepang where the outcoming Always plane crashes ago when making a first flight mails from London " to Australia, coming for the service from the Australian Government—Reuter, Adlantic Flight Plans New York, Apr. 21. is Ruth Nichols, an experienced aviatrix, to-day announced that May she will attempt to fly across the Atlantic ocean.
Miss Nichols, who isa capable navigatress, noted for her daring, will undertake to span the ocean alone, Further plans of Miss Nichols in connection with her projected trans-'Atlantic fight will be announced later, she seid—United Press.
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